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Meanings of empty shells in English

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Usage of empty shells in English
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Dennin threw open the breech of the shot-gun, ejecting the empty shells.
Love of Life, and Other Stories
2
It was like carrying empty shells-thestrength was completely drained from them.
Kafka on the Shore
3
They build their houses with sand, and they play with empty shells.
The Crescent Moon
4
They were empty shells, split husks of some creature he'd never encountered.
The marrowbone marble company
5
The town is empty shells of buildings and only a few residents remain.
News.com.au
6
On the floor was the pistol, and four empty shells were scattered about.
The Subterranean Brotherhood
7
He asked the patriarch to have search made for all such empty shells.
Darkness and Dawn
8
Then she stopped, appalled by the pile of empty shells confronting her accusingly.
Georgina of the Rainbows
9
There are enormous heaps of empty shells under nearby hazel trees.
The Irish Times
10
He broke the gun and spilled out the empty shells.
O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920
11
Andrews coolly broke his pistol at the breech and tossed out the empty shells.
Mr. Trunnell, Mate of the Ship "Pirate"
12
He broke his revolver, extracted the empty shells, and dropped them to the street.
Gunsight Pass: How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a ...
13
There you will see two of the enemy riding about picking up empty shells.
Myths and Legends of the Sioux
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They left, skipping past the mountains of empty shells outside.
Across the Fruited Plain
15
New hubs being set up by UK-based lenders must not be empty shells, Hufeld said.
Reuters
16
Piles containing bushels of the empty shells were seen along the canals outside the villages.
Farmers of Forty Centuries; Or, Permanent Agriculture in China, ...
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United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common